Postal services in Persian Gulf

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Handover of control of postal services in Bahrain, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, representation on the Universal Postal Union, a proposed new currency for Bahrain and Muscat and the introduction of sultanate stamps in Muscat and Oman (1)
• Bahrain Postal Superintendent's displeasure about the proposal that he should supervise the running of the Abu Dhabi postal service after the Bahrain Post Office becomes fully independent in autumn 1965 (4)
• Outstanding points concerning Britain's withdrawal from the postal scene in the Gulf (5)
• Abu Dhabi's hope to persuade the General Post Office to second a British official, the question of Qatar taking up independent membership of the Universal Postal Union and no definite date for the Bahrain handover (6)